The play, View from the Bridge and the film, on the waterfront show the strong stereotyped sex roles that were very much in control at the time. In both View from the Bridge and on the waterfront the whole world is male ruled. There is a lot of talk about what a real man is supposed to be like. Both have the main idea of manhood as a traditional idea where men are percieved as big strong silent and hardworking. In View from the Bridge Rodolpho challenges this expectation, singing, sewing cooking and
